Bay Ridge–95th Street (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)

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New York City Subway station 95th Street
Station information
Line	BMT Fourth Avenue Line
Services	R
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other
Borough	Brooklyn
Opened	October 27, 1925
Next north	86th Street R
Next south	(Terminal)

Bay Ridge–95th Street (originally 95th Street–Fort Hamilton) is the southern terminal station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, served by the R train at all times. Despite the Bay Ridge name, the station is actually located in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, at the intersection of 95th Street and Fourth Avenue.

This was the last subway station built on the Fourth Avenue Line. While it is BMT station, its oversized dimensions demonstrate a close affinity to the style of subsequent IND stations particularly evidenced by the immense mezzanine, now largely walled off for Transit Authority uses.

95th Street station was overhaul in the late 1970s. MTA did fix the station's structure and the overhaul appearance. It was refurbished on the original wall tiles; replacing old signs and incandescent lighting to modern signs and fluorescent lights. It also fixed staircases and platform edges.^{[citation needed]}

The station has one island platform and two tracks; there are exits to 93rd Street at the north end and 95th Street at the south end.